Richard H. Hall passed
away on July 17, 2009, at his home. He will be greatly missed by his
family, friends, and colleagues. You may view his obituary here.

Richard
Hall"After all is
said and done, more is said than done." -Anonymous

Richard
H. Hallis
a freelance writer-editor and member of the Authors Guild. (See
vita.) He is a direct descendant of his 17th Century Quaker namesake,
one of the early settlers of Maryland and a prominent legislator. Hall
Family Genealogy

A book on women
in the Civil War, Women on the Civil War
Battlefront, was published in May 2006. Reviews of this book
are being added as they become available, please click on the above
link to read about the book and peruse reviews.

The
Civil War Diary, a novelette by Richard Hall, mostly historical
fact, tracks the soldiers of the 5th Michigan Infantry in the Civil
War.

TheUFO Pagecontains articles and essays by
Richard Hall on significant UFO sightings, skepticism, scientific
method, and politics as they bear on the subject. Also provides
links to instructive or worthwhile UFO web sites.

TheDonald E. Keyhoe Archives
Keyhoe was an aviation pioneer and aide to Charles A. Lindbergh.
The Archives comprise 40 years of correspondence, documents,
books, and audiovisual materials related to UFO investigation and
research; information and photographs about Lindbergh, and aviation
history publications and photographs.

News
Notes

Velazquez Documentary in Post-Production

A little over a year
ago I was interviewed by Maria Agui Carter for a forthcoming documentary
about Loreta Janeta Velazquez, Confederate female soldier and spy
during the Civil War. I have written extensively about her, and my
research findings were discussed.

Carter is part of a team that has produced many PBS documentaries,
and had been struggling to raise the funds to complete the film. The
staff recently contacted me and said that the film is now in post-production,
and they are in the stage of obtaining clearances for use of various
materials. The film may well air on PBS later this year under the
title “Rebel.” (See IguanaFilms.com for information about
their documentaries and a video clip from “Rebel.”)

New book
review of Richard Hall's Women on the Civil War Battlefront
in the Journal of Southern History, February 2009.

James Hall, 88, died March 4 in Pueblo,
Colorado. He was a writer and poet associated with The Pueblo Poetry
Group. See Hall Family Genealogy page.

During the 1930s Donald E. Keyhoe wrote
highly popular
aviation mystery and adventure stories for such newsstand
magazines as Flying Aces and Dare-Devil Aces. See
a sample here
from the June 1934 issue of Flying Aces. View in PDF
here.

A preliminary catalogue was published
in 2000. After seven years of additional research and discovery of
dozens of additional cases from this time period the Coalition has
published this much expanded volume: 36 pages, illustrated, center-stapled
with durable cover. It contains more than 150 case references.